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Civil Fraud Quarterly Round-Up: Q1 2021
Mary Young
Our established and highly experienced team of specialist civil fraud lawyers can help to find, preserve and recover stolen money and assets around the world
The cost of fraud to businesses and individuals runs into billions of pounds each year. The international nature of commerce and increased reliance on electronic communications means that there has been a sharp increase in the number and value of fraud claims.
We act for both the victims of fraud and the defendants to civil fraud proceedings. Our Partners are ranked both as a team and individually in the legal directories, Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.
When fraud is suspected or discovered, the first steps are critical. At short notice, we can assemble a multi-disciplinary team to advise on all aspects, regardless of the scale and reach of the issue, providing swift strategic and tactical advice. We have wide experience in conducting internal investigations where the fraud has been perpetrated by someone within your company. For fraud matters that have a criminal aspect, we are uniquely placed to draw upon the expertise of our second-to-none criminal fraud team.
For victims of fraud, we have experience of finding, preserving and recovering stolen money and assets around the world and have regularly advised on seeking and obtaining freezing injunctions to preserve such assets.
For defendants who are accused of fraud, we have defended allegations on some of the biggest fraud cases to date involving freezing (and other) injunctions. We often work alongside our Criminal and Employment departments in matters that involve such implications.
Our experienced team is recognised by the legal directories Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500.
The team is highly knowledgeable, easy to work with and produces an extremely high standard of work."
Chambers and Partners 2019
Everything they do in their approach to cases is commercially astute and pragmatic."
Chambers and Partners, 2019
"They have a really deep expertise in fraud."
Chambers and Partners, 2018
"They're good at dealing with the client and fighting the case. I'd certainly recommend them."
Chambers and Partners, 2017
"They do top-level work."
Chambers UK, 2017
...offers top quality service..."
Legal 500 UK, 2015
For more information, read our frequently asked questions on civil fraud vs criminal fraud disputes and details regarding supervising solicitors.
they are nimble, fast and responsive, and able to make decisions very rapidly."
Chambers and Partners, 2020
a big team of well-recognised players in the market" who are "strong on civil fraud."
Chambers and Partners, 2020
They have strength in depth, with associates and partners who have a wide range of experience," adding that the lawyers are "easy to work with, dynamic and creative."
Chambers and Partners, 2020
It's a really strong team there. Ours was the type of job where you'd need to be creative, robust and we couldn't have just said 'this smells a bit, let's issue proceedings,' because we didn't have enough. However, Kingsley Napley found all we needed."
Chambers and Partners, Litigation Support, 2020
It's strength in numbers there. It's not one or two stars, they have a broad spectrum of people who know what they're doing. It was startling how quickly they can pull things out of the bag."
Chambers and Partners, Litigation Support, 2020
The team has a good mix of intellectual and commercial capability, knowing when to push hard and when to step back and take a longer term view of matters. Faced with an apparently intractable problem, they manage to achieve solutions that work for the client and ensure that continual delays sought by an opponent in an effort to grind their clients down are not countenanced, rather are effectively blocked"
Legal 500, 2020
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